On Aug 21, 12:10pm, Colin Wood wrote:
>This is not allowed as it is a security risk to let root log in from an 
>unsecure terminal.  I don't know of any version of UNIX that generally 
>allows this kind of thing.

The systems I manage are behind a well-managed firewall, so security is
of only moderate importance, but I can name at least three systems that
let me directly log in as root over the net: SGI IRIX, Harris CX/UX and
Sun Solaris 2.5, all in their default configurations...

~Steve

-- 
Steven R. Allen - wormey@eskimo.com      http://www.eskimo.com/~wormey/

Faith is the quality that enables you to eat blackberry jam on a picnic
without looking to see whether the seeds move.

Contrary to popular belief, Unix is user friendly.  
It just happens to be selective about who it makes friends with.

Some people in this department wouldn't recognize subtlety if it hit
them on the head.